Sri Lanka accepts Rs80.6bn in Treasury bills at auction
The 21 October auction accepted Rs80.611 billion against Rs100 billion offered. The 91-day bill drew the most bids and had a weighted average yield of 9.32%.
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Sri Lanka’s Public Debt Management Office reported accepting Rs80.611 billion of Treasury bills at an auction held on 21 October, against a total Rs100 billion offered. Bids amounted to Rs186.002 billion across 91-day, 182-day and 364-day maturities; all figures are in millions of rupees in the official result.
The office accepted Rs70.391 billion of the Rs40 billion offered in 91-day bills, at a weighted average yield of 9.32%, compared with 9.30% at the last auction. For 182-day bills it accepted Rs3.921 billion of Rs35 billion offered at 9.44%, and for 364-day bills Rs6.299 billion of Rs25 billion offered at 9.95%. Settlement was set for 23 October, with a phase-two subscription window for the latter two maturities open through 22 October.
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